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The fatal attack on the US consulate in Benghazi could have been prevented if
growing intelligence about instability in Libya had been properly acted upon
by Hillary Clinton’s State Department, a report has declared.

The US Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that there was “ample strategic
warning” in the months before the attack in September 2012 which left four
Americans dead, including the Ambassador, Chris Stevens.

“The attacks were preventable, based on extensive intelligence reporting on
the terrorist activity in Libya — to include prior threats and attacks
against Western targets — and given the known security shortfalls at the US
mission,” the